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Calgary Stampede cancelled for 2020

Province's limits on gatherings cover all major summer events

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News April 24, 2020

Alberta’s confirmation that its restrictions on gatherings include all annual summer events has led organizers of the Calgary Stampede to cancel the event for the first time in 97 years. “As a community celebration, the cancellation of our annual event comes with our community and public health and safety front of mind,” Stampede president Dana

CME June 2020 live cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures weaken, hog contracts rise

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub April 23, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — CME Group hog futures rose on Thursday while cattle futures eased as traders struggled to assess the long-term demand impacts of the global coronavirus pandemic. “For livestock, traders are still trying to figure out where to take this market given the uncertainty of meat demand for the rest of the year,”

CBOT July 2020 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Export hopes push soy, corn, wheat futures higher

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub April 23, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean, corn and wheat futures rose on Thursday as recent declines spurred demand for imports of all three commodities, traders said. Bargain-buying and short-covering contributed to the bullish tone following a sharp sell-off across the commodities market as the coronavirus pandemic roiled demand. “None of the major commodities have a

Beef cattle, Livestock

Tyson to shutter beef facility as workers tested

Beef plant employees asked to isolate at home

By GFM Network News, Reuters April 23, 2020

Reuters — A Tyson Foods unit said Thursday it will temporarily halt production at a beef facility at Pasco, Washington, adding to the meat processing plant the company has had to shutter as it tests workers for COVID-19. Tyson said Wednesday it was closing two pork processing plants, including its largest in the U.S., further

(Nadezhda_Nesterova/iStock/Getty Images)

Livestock

Vancouver health officials shut poultry processor

COVID-19 hits at least 28 employees

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News April 23, 2020

Health officials in Vancouver have closed a federally inspected poultry plant in that city after confirming an outbreak of COVID-19 so far affecting over two dozen employees. The public health arm of Vancouver Coastal Health, the regional health authority for the greater Vancouver area, on Tuesday declared a COVID-19 outbreak among staff at United Poultry

Markets

EU sets out COVID-19 support for farmers

Moves meant to stabilize markets

By GFM Network News, Reuters April 22, 2020

Brussels | Reuters — The European Commission proposed measures on Wednesday to support farmers hit by the coronavirus restrictions, including aid to store surplus dairy and meat products. Under the proposals, the Commission will grant aid for private storage of milk powder, butter and cheese as well as beef, sheep and goat meat for a

Hogs, Livestock, Markets

COVID-19 forces Tyson to shutter two major U.S. pork plants

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek April 22, 2020

UPDATED — Reuters — Tyson Foods is shuttering two pork processing plants, including its largest in the United States, to contain the spread of the coronavirus, further tightening meat supplies after other major slaughterhouse shutdowns. The closures are limiting the amount of meat the U.S. can produce during the outbreak and adding stress on farmers

CME June 2020 live cattle with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Lean hog, live cattle futures fall on plant shutdowns

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub April 22, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog and live cattle futures eased on Wednesday, with the cash market for the animals weak as processing plants were forced to shut down due to the coronavirus outbreak, traders said. Tyson Foods will indefinitely suspend operations at its largest U.S. pork plant to contain the spread of the coronavirus,

Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Slaughterhouse closures lead to adjustments

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin April 21, 2020

MarketsFarm — The closure of one of Canada’s largest beef slaughterhouses will lead to adjustments in the cattle feeding sector, as animals will be fed longer but on different rations. Cargill’s meat processing plant at High River, Alta. slaughters roughly 40 per cent of all the cattle butchered in Canada. The plant is to be

Fresh bread in Egypt. (Goldream/iStock/Getty Images)

Markets

G20 ag ministers say COVID-19 measures shouldn’t disrupt food supply

By GFM Network News, Reuters April 21, 2020

Dubai | Reuters — Agriculture and food ministers from the Group of 20 (G20) countries agreed at a virtual meeting on Tuesday that emergency measures to stop the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus must not upend global food supply chains. Their extraordinary meeting came as coronavirus lockdowns across the world slow global food supply chains,

Daily Network News

Bring focused approach to target systems, not producers says animal activist

Canada’s Food Price Report shows meat, pantry goods prices expected to rise “a lot” in 2026

Record large Canadian wheat and canola crops: Statistics Canada

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